Sandro Dell'Agnello (born 20 October 1961 in
Livorno
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) is a former
professional
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basketball
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player, and current
basketball coach from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the
Eurobasket 1991 in
Italy
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. Standing at a height of 2,03 m (6 ft. 8 in.), he played as a
power forward
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.
Player career
Sandro Dell'Agnello began his basketball player career relatively late. He was hired in the local team of
Pallacanestro Livorno Libertas Livorno was an Italian professional basketball team based in Livorno, Tuscany.
History
Established in 1947, the side played in the first division Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made i ...
where he had the opportunity to highlight his physical and athletic skills. In a friendly match against a selection of American All Stars, Dell'Agnello made a block to the famous
Houston Rockets
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center,
Moses Malone. This athletic movement, made in a period when the gap between European and American basketball was huge, gave him fame. In 1985, repeating the exploit stopping
Michael Jordan
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too.
In his long career as a power forward player, he played with
Pallacanestro Livorno Libertas Livorno was an Italian professional basketball team based in Livorno, Tuscany.
History
Established in 1947, the side played in the first division Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made i ...
,
Phonola Caserta,
Virtus Roma,
Scavolini Pesaro,
Mens Sana Siena,
Cordivari Roseto, and finally with
Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia.
He won the
Italian League in the 1990–91 season, with Phonola Caserta, writing in the final series against arch-rivals
Olimpia Milano
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...
the best pages of his career, being crucial in the last two games won by Caserta (respectively with 29 and 30 points scored).
Sandro Dell'Agnello retired in 2003 at the age 42.
Up to now, he appears to be the 5th player of all time to have played the most minutes in the Italian league with 18483 minutes in 662 total appearances (19th all-time) and 7557 points scored (26th). He is the 13th rebounder of all time with 3146 rebounds and 13th shot blocker with 426 blocks, reflecting his considerable athletic skills.
With the
Italy national team he won the silver medal at the
Eurobasket 1991 in
Italy
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. He also took part in the
Eurobasket 1989, at the
FIBA Basketball World Cup
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in
1986 and
1990, and the
1990 Goodwill Games.
Coach career
In
Livorno
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he began his coaching career. He was called in the final season in Serie A by
TDShop.it Livorno, but he couldn't achieve the salvation, already partially compromised. It is confirmed the following year in
LegaDue. The beginning of the season is not easy. The club was penalized by 4 points (later reduced to two) and it was built on a small budget. But Dell'Agnello, with the great return of Tommaso Fantoni and the Latvian player Troy Ostler in the roster, allows them to save and also to touch the playoffs. The Italian coach is confirmed in Livorno also for the 2008–09 season.
In 2009 he went to
Reyer Venezia for one season, and later to
Basket Brescia Leonessa and
Fulgor Libertas Forlì.
Since June 2013 Dell'Agnello was the new head-coach of
Consutlinvest Pesaro, but on 13 January 2015 he was sacked.
On 23 June 2015 he became the new head-coach of
Pasta Reggia Caserta.
On 1 July 2017 Sandro Dell'Agnello became new head-coach of
New Basket Brindisi
New Basket Brindisi, for sponsorship reasons named Valtur Brindisi or shortly Brindisi, is a professional Italian basketball based in Brindisi, Apulia. They compete in Serie A2 (basketball), Serie A2, second level of Italian basketball system.
F ...
, but on 11 December that year he was sacked by the club.
References
External links
FIBA ProfileLBA coach profileLBA player profile
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1961 births
Living people
Italian basketball coaches
Italian men's basketball players
1990 FIBA World Championship players
Sportspeople from Livorno
Power forwards
Juvecaserta Basket coaches
Basket Livorno coaches
Victoria Libertas Pesaro coaches
Virtus Roma players
Mens Sana Basket players
Juvecaserta Basket players
Pallacanestro Reggiana players
Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players
Roseto Sharks players
Reyer Venezia coaches
New Basket Brindisi coaches
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
20th-century Italian sportsmen